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• n  steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
• n  a position of leadership
  the President is at the helm of the Ship of State
• v  be at or take the helm of
  helm the ship

• Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has decided to stay at the helm of the Banking Committee.
• A show-biz guy who had worked at MTV and VH1 before spending two years at the helm of CBS Radio, Barnett had decided to become a Web-video impresario.
• But it was Johnson's successor, Raines, who was at the helm when things really went off course.

News & Articles

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• St. Mary’s College names interim president
  Ian Newbould will take the helm at the public liberal arts college in Maryland as it faces enrollment challenge.
  June 17, 2013 - Washington Post
• Q&A: Florida Bankers Association chairman assumes helm at critical time
  Jorge I. Triay, president and vice chairman of First Bank of Miami, takes the helm this week as chairman of the Florida Bankers Association.
  June 16, 2013 - Miami Herald
• Helm to represent USA at China Challenge
  Beginning Friday, University of Arkansas senior libero Emily Helm will spend two weeks representing Team USA at the 2013 China-USA Challenge Invitational in China.
  June 13, 2013 - KTHV Little Rock

Quotes

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• Alexander Haig in CBS News
  Haig answered the reporter: "Constitutionally gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants to transfer the helm to the vice president, he will do so. As for...
• Dwyane Wade in 940 News
  I believe in Coach Spo and have complete confidence that our team will succeed with him at the helm,Wade said.
• Margaret Spellings in Forbes
  Not only are we not asleep at the switch, but we are very much at the helm and managing our business,Spellings told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday.